The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-18
The Chief Magistrate at the
City Of Nashville,
AND rs MODIFY ENTERTAINED.
The Incident OF Meeting Mrs. Polk
the Occupant of the White House
Forty Years Ago.
Tho President,

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ing for stroll over the great Deer Park
and famous Bell Meade breeding farm.
After lunch the President and Mrs.
Cleveland, escorted by General Jackson.
drove into Nashville to pay their re-
spects to Mrs. Polk. The affair was
made as informal as possible, it being
designed merely as an interchange of
courtesies between the lady of the
White House of forty years ago and the
lady of to-day. The Polk mansion was
surrounded by great throng of people
The visitors were received at the Church
Street entrance, Governor Taylor offer
ing his arm to the President and Mrs.
Cleveland taking tie arm of Mr.. George
w. Fall. Governor Taylor made the
presentation of the President TO Mrs.
Polk. The latter extended her hand
and said:
"Mr. President, am indeed delighted
to meet you"
And 1 to meet you, Mrs. Polk" re
piled the President, II have looked
forward to this visit with most pleasant
anticipation"
Mrs. Cleveland was presented, aud
the two ladies conversed cordially for
few minutes. Other gentlemen were
then presented to the President and
Mrs. Cleveland, after which the CONVEX
sation became general. the President
devotlng himself almost constantly
during the brief remainder of bis stay
to Mrs. Polk. Their conversation
turned principally to the White House
and Washington. The lady was
an interested questioner and the
President a willing informant. Mrs.
Cleveland was the object of marked
attention from all the gentlemen pres
ent. Mrs. Polk presented Mrs. Cleye
land a bouquet of Marechaal Neil
roses in the name of her grandniece,
Miss Sadie Polk. who sailed yesterday
from Liverpool for America. She
then invited the party TO refreshments
at which each guest was served with
a glass of sherry seventy-fve years old:
/ The guests, after visiting the tomb of
President Polk, returned to Belle Meade.
Mrs. Villas is quite exhausted by the
! fatigue and excitement of the journey
from Madison, and has been confined
to her room nearly all day. It is re-
ported tonight as doubtful whether she
will be able to proceed tomorrow.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, October 1.-THE
streets of the city are crowded as they
never were before since the days Of
Pap Thomas" occupancy, and are
decorated from cellar TO crest in the
richest manner. Mammoth pictures
span he thoroughfares, and cover the
fronts of prominent buildings and
banners nominating the guest or the
day for q second term are as thick as
blackberries. The President and all
his party at Belle Meade were early
astir and after a leisure breakfast
made their way to the picturesque
little railroad station upon the place
and were in waiting with General
Jackson, their host, who wore the
badges and regslia of grand marshal of
the day, when the special train backt d
Iup from Nashville. A short run
brought the train to the fair grounds on
the outskirts of the city, where the
passengers alighted amid the pom
and ceremony of the days re-
ception. The governor and his guard.
mounted and brilliantly uniformed, and
corps of marshals, were in attendance.
The guests were placed in carriages,
and driven to the fair grounds enclosure,
the handsome club house of the asso-
citation, where members of the commit
tee and others OF the reception were
presented to the President. At 8.45 the
procession formed and the march to the
city began tc the tune OF presidential
salute Of artillery. The route was
bilt University. The people of the il =
stitu ton were drawn up in front OF the
university building, and as the Presi-
deDt's carriage came up they received
him with cheers, in acknowledge
ment of which he raised his
hat and bowed. Chancellor Garland
addressed the President, expressing the
pleasure it gave all connected with the
institution to welcome him. Students
waved their hats and cheered again and
the march was resumed. As it proceeded
the several divisions of the procession,
constituting military and civic or
CARNATIONS, benevolent orders. State
county and municipal authorities, and
city schools, were passed in review, and
fell into their places behind. The prin-
cipal streets of the city were traversed,
the populace of all grades and condi-
tions being out upon the sidewalks.
When the Maxwell House was
reached, Mrs. Cleveland and her
escort ahghted and entered the
hotel where she held a reception
to the ladies of Nashville. The Presi-
dent and procession made its way to
the capitol, where, upon the stand
erected for the purpose, the necessary
formaGties took place. Governor
Tay' or's speech was brief, but an eIo-
quent expression of the hospitality OF
this section, and the President in reply,
said:
Il regret that my stay to-day at the
capital of Tennessee must be neces-
sarily so brief as to curtall the coveted
opportunity to see more at leisure this
handsome city and its bospit-
able people" He spoke in fstter
ing terms of the beauty of
Nashville's location, the fertility
of the surrounding country, and the
great wealth of the mineral resources
in the immediate neighborhood, which
assured to Nashville great material
prosperity. He then turned to the edu.
cational advantages of the city which
had caused it to be ''deservedlV known
as the Athens of the South" Hespokc
of Nashville and vicinity as having fur
nished two successful candidates
for the Presidency. To the grave
of Andrew Jackson, he said.
millions Of your countrymen turn
with reverent enthusiasm and YOU